Advocacy Tools

Child welfare professionals routinely meet with children and families in their communities. Sometimes environmental factors, such as a public health crisis, or situational factors, such as caseload and travel demands,... (Read more)

Family time, also known as parent-child visits, is critical to promoting family bonding and setting the stage for successful reunification. Although in-person contact is preferred, there are extreme occasions when... (Read more)

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse is pleased to announce that a public call for program and service recommendations is now open. This call is an opportunity for the public to recommend... (Read more)

Nearly 18,000 young people aged out of the foster care system in fiscal year (FY) 2018. In other words, the child welfare system failed to reunify these young people with... (Read more)

The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, the Juvenile Law Center, and the Education Law Center created a list of resources to assist local jurisdictions with education for youth... (Read more)

The Title IV-E Clearinghouse has released new ratings for the following programs and services: Incredible Years - Parents and Babies Program Incredible Years - Toddler Basic Program Incredible Years -... (Read more)

The Title V-E Clearinghouse has developed a working list of the next programs and services planned for systematic review. The programs and services were identified and prioritized using the Clearinghouse’s... (Read more)

A new federal funding source for legal representation of parents and children in child welfare cases aims to improve representation quality. A December 2018 federal policy change allows states to... (Read more)

The Title IV-E Clearinghouse listed SafeCare as a "Supported" intervention. SafeCare is an in-home behavioral parenting program that promotes positive parent-child interactions, informed caregiver response to childhood illness and injury,... (Read more)

This paper, developed by Public Consulting Group, Inc., explores the types of facilities and programs described in the Family First “setting[s] providing high-quality residential care and supportive services to children... (Read more)